Tag: opioid epidemic
Solving the Opioid Dilemma: H-Wave for Effective Pain Relief
December 13, 2023
Solving the opioid dilemma in a world where pain management often leads to the use of opioids is imperative for a safer and healthier future. As we navigate the challenges […]
It’s Never Too Late To Recover | A WorkCompCentral Webinar
September 30, 2020
In the midst of this pandemic, our nation is still facing an opioid crisis and recent studies show overdoses have increased. This is confounded by the present mental health of […]
AMA Report Reveals Changing Trends in Evolving Opioid Epidemic
August 12, 2020
American Medical Association’s (AMA) Opioid Task Force recently released a new report which shows changes in the overdose and fatality rates during the continuing opioid epidemic. Although deaths involving prescription […]
Opioid Exposure Adversely Affecting First Responders: A Case Report
April 25, 2019
The ongoing opioid crisis has caused an increase in drug-related overdose deaths over the past few years. In addition to destroying the lives of the opioid users and their families, […]
U.S. Congress Passes Sweeping Opioid Legislation
October 20, 2018
In 2017, overdose deaths from opioids were higher than people killed in the Vietnam War—for the second year in a row. Opioid substances include prescription medications, the illicit drug fentanyl […]
Fighting The Opioid Crisis with Alternative Treatments like H-Wave®
September 26, 2018
ABC NEWS / WKRN Channel 2 in Tennessee recently ran a featured story about the current Opioid Crisis that highlighted H-Wave® as an Alternative Treatment to prescription pain medications. The […]
Too Good to be True: How We Turned the Corner on Opioids
October 4, 2017
Pain Care Part 3: How the workers’ compensation industry is responding to the upsurge of opioids in healthcare American healthcare is weathering its greatest challenge in generations — the opioid […]